DISCUSSION THREAD -- August 2020 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[The Judge]

And this month's 75 Worder is now up and open for entries AUGUST 2020 75-Word Writing Challenge -- READ FIRST POST!!

Theme: Proverbs​

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Genre: Steampunk​

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Good luck everyone!

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Ahh! I was in the midst of reading the 300 worders so I could vote today, then THIS has to come in!! Sooo distracted now! I'll read & vote, then start imagining...
Nice choices, TJ!

 

[Joshua Jones]

Nice choices! I... well I've got nothing so far, but I'll figure out something!

 

[Luiglin]

An idea has arisen. Need some research first though.

 

[Astro Pen]

I always thought steampunk was a fashion industry thing. Opera glasses as spectacles and sewing bit of clocks to your clothes.
Having never read any, could you good folk point me at a couple (as in 2) of representative short stories (not novels given the timescale) so that I can get in the 'steampunk groove' as it were?
Cheers
Astro

 

[The Judge]

We've had steampunk as a genre before in the Challenges so these might be of help (there might be another one or two as well, further back)

• March 2018 -- 75 Word Story Challenge -- VICTORY TO THEDUSTYZEBRA!
• August 2017 75-word Writing Challenge -- VICTORY TO LITTLESTAR!

And if you go into the relevant Discussion threads for these months, there might be posts about what makes steampunk.

In addition, when I was looking for these threads, I noticed there were a number of entries on other Challenges which in the discussions about them were referred to as steampunk, so just doing a search here might turn up a few more stories in, say, the 300s which might help.

(And if you want anyone to blame, it's all Ursa's fault! I couldn't decide between three genres and he plumped for this one!)

 

[Ambrose]

Thanks. That's useful. I have the same problem as Astro Pen.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

As ever, Wikipedia is your friend

Steampunk - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Joshua Jones]

We've had steampunk as a genre before in the Challenges so these might be of help (there might be another one or two as well, further back)

• March 2018 -- 75 Word Story Challenge -- VICTORY TO THEDUSTYZEBRA!
• August 2017 75-word Writing Challenge -- VICTORY TO LITTLESTAR!

And if you go into the relevant Discussion threads for these months, there might be posts about what makes steampunk.

In addition, when I was looking for these threads, I noticed there were a number of entries on other Challenges which in the discussions about them were referred to as steampunk, so just doing a search here might turn up a few more stories in, say, the 300s which might help.

(And if you want anyone to blame, it's all Ursa's fault! I couldn't decide between three genres and he plumped for this one!)

Ah, August 2017... what I picked after the last time I won this challenge... I need to step up my game.

 

[Ursa major]

it's all Ursa's fault! I couldn't decide between three genres and he plumped for this one!

I'm regretting it already....

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[Luiglin]

I'm in and a change for me.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I'm in too! Not sure I hit the genre or the theme.

 

[Astro Pen]

Okay I'm in! Had a bit of fun writing that.

 

[Parson]

Proverbs?! I might really get into this one. My life is filled with Biblical proverbs and business axioms, but then (sigh!) steam punk. Well a little hard work is good for everyone, (grumbling) including me.

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@Luiglin .... Proverbs 10:12 - Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins .... Luiglin reminds us of a wonderful Biblical proverb which changes the world and is best received by a reciprocated love.

@Cat's Cradle .... The Engraver and the Mechaniman .... The Cat quotes Honest Abe's powerful proverb in a time when the message in a world of steampunk and the world of humanity is just as relevant as it ever was.

@Astro Pen .... The Farquarson’s Excursion .... A. Pen warps a proverb and time simultaneously.

@chrispenycate .... Flying high .... Chris P sees a steampunk world where both proverbs and aristocratic living have both been grievously diluted.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Thank you for the fine review, Parson!

 

[Ashleyne]

I'm not entirely sure what Steampunk is, but I think I kinda maybe nearly fulfilled the genre.

 

[BT Jones]

Well, that's me in too. Red wine staining my lips, I arrived at my keyboard angry and disillusioned, ready to unleash shear black. 15 minutes later, something completely different plopped out. Who am I to argue with this wild wayfinder!

Okay I'm in! Had a bit of fun writing that.

You nailed it, @Astro Pen!

I'm in too! Not sure I hit the genre or the theme.

On the contrary, I think you were right on the money!

I'm in and a change for me.

Egads, @Luiglin, you have a heart!

 

[Luiglin]

Egads, @Luiglin, you have a heart!

Shhhh, don't tell everybody but yes, I do. I keep it in a box, at the top of a tower, in the wilderness that is known as Birmingham (those in the UK will understand).

 

[Calliopenjo]

Keep in mind I had no idea what I did. lol. I created something that I hope makes sense to someone. In any event, it's done and posted.
Such as it is.

Enjoy the day and stay safe and be careful.

 

[Parson]

@Ashleyne .... GETTING STONED .... Ash takes what may be the most well known of all contrived proverbs and gives it an hilarious truth.

@Iwroteathing .... DUMMY UP .... I.W. Thing supports the idea that some have a more crashing idea of what is involved in a day's work.

@BT Jones .... Falling Hurts Least Those Who Fly Low .... BT J points us to the blowback when we bring something crashing down.

@Calliopenjo .... Proverb 1:20 .... Calli takes us to the eternal protest which speaks truth to power.

@RMetrics .... A Sandsail with a Flaw .... RM follows a derivative of an old proverb which helps us to make the best of what you have.

@AMB .... Words of Wisdom I Wish I’d Heard Sooner .... AMB understands that reading the directions should not be the last resort, or it may be your last anything.